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Food Systems, ASALs, Smallholder Agriculture, Africa

Nairobi, Kenya

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@gatwiri_c

we, the people

2 months

Livestock Bill 2024 unpacked: #Thread Notes: 1. This thread outlines the clauses I have found to be problematic. Deeper analysis to follow in later threads. 2. For Media/Civic Engagement folks who want to confirm source, Check Clause and Page number in the ALT description.

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@gatwiri_c

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3 months

Next up: 1. Remove CDF from control of legislators 2. Slash MPs salaries to 200k and remove allowances 3. Dissolve parliament

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A Kenyan sports shoe brand is sponsoring three countries in the Olympics - Gabon, Comoros and Djibouti but not Kenya??

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2 years

My friend's grandparents employed a farmhand who turned out to be CID undercover investigating a murder in the neighbourhood...! Wueh!

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9 months

A house, 2 grade dairy cows, small farm that produces eggs, vegetables & a bag or two of beans, a pick up van, rentals and some plots here and there, church elder/women's guild member, hardware shop at the center of town

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Having interacted with the American dream I ask what is the Kenyan dream?

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2 months

Now post the primary school next to it

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A church in Kionyo village, Meru, Kenya

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1 year

I live, work and travel between Nairobi, Kajiado and Meru counties frequently. Here's what stands the most about each county (for me): Meru: small farms and high unemployment rate. Farms have become so small, they're not commercially viable. This plus failed rainfall seasons

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This is an environment officer in Nairobi County. I love his approach to his job - informing, correcting and educating. Because the usual Kenyan approach is the punitive colonial relic - arresting, fines and jail. Hopefully this new approach leads to actual changed behavior.

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2 months

I've finished reading all 100 clauses, 84 pages of the Livestock Bill 2024... Let me put my thoughts together I do a thread for you

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3 months

Isn't this the governor who bought one chair for 500,000 Kenya shillings? One chair.. Sit down, you don't know what austerity means

@AnneWaiguru

Anne Waiguru EGH, OGW

3 months

The Consultative meeting with HE @WilliamsRuto today endorsed the Presidential decision on withdrawing the finance bill, applying austerity measures across the government and engaging the Youth and other citizens on critical national issues. This is Statesmanship. We are One

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2 years

In Meru Town there's a milk cafe owned by the Meru Dairy cooperative (trades as Mt. Kenya milk brand?), selling yoghurt, fresh milk and fermented milk (lala).. And you can get a side of ugali or pastry with it. But what's most interesting about this place is 👇🏾

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3 months

Mchezo wa taon: start an initiative you know will be ruled unconstitutional, but by the time the court rules, you will have made your money. SHIF has already spent KShs 5 billion on an ICT system This too is corruption

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Kenya Law

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High High court declares that the entire Social Health Insurance Fund Act, 2023; Digital Health Act, 2023 and Primary Health Act, 2023 are all unconstitutional, in (Constitutional Petition E473 of 2023) [2024] KEHC 8255 (KLR). Read more in

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The jokes write themselves

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Kenyans reminding the IMF that economics isn't just theory and numbers, it's also about people

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SeasonedVET 🇰🇪

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@EricNjiiru We have time.

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2 years

I was in Strathmore after high school. On scholarship. I used to walk from hostel in N. West, surviving on two meals a day. I could barely afford clothing, let alone decent formal ones. Anyway, I hope no one has pictures of me from back then

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2 years

I hope architects and engineers are feeling this heat and thinking "in a few years we'll need to redesign/construct houses/workspaces that ventilate better and collect /recycle water.." And perhaps new designs for pavements to allow runoff to seep into the ground..are you ready?

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5 months

After mpesa I believe one of the best inventions in Kenya is how we've solved for logistics My favourites: 1. Last mile deliveries using agents e.g Pick up Mtaani 2. Rent a shelf services allowing online businesses to benefit from brick and mortar set ups but without the cost

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2 years

The cost of eggs should have Kenyan nutritionists speaking up more.. When the cost of eggs go up, it means fewer eggs per plate, compensated for by an even bigger portion of ugali The humble egg is the cheapest available animal protein source for most urban folk

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2 years

Is it just me or has living outside Nairobi become more and more possible than it was 10 years ago? For the salary - earning, young person. Roads are better, long distance public transport better organised and tech - supportive infrastructure more available outside the city

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1 year

This framing here makes it look like a novel idea but I don't see how different it is from what already happens. Si if you want to plough, you call the tractor guy in your area? Ama ni mimi sielewi??? Eh, Agritech will show us things

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CNN

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An 'Uber for tractors' is breaking ground in Kenya

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11 months

Actually just build, but design it as a multi generation home. Where we are headed economically, fewer children will be leaving parents' house

@BuildersCK

CK | Construction Kenya

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Stop building these mega-mansions! Your future self will thank you for a smaller home, especially when your kids fly the nest, and your spouse decides heaven has comfier recliners.

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2 years

Let me say something about this China Square discussion and maybe provide a historical perspective Thread 👇🏾

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@gatwiri_c

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4 months

Y'all like to complicate things but climate adaptation is something as simple as this

@FrancisGachokaM

Francis Gachoka Mwangi

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The rain that just poured a moment ago. Without these trenches my farm would look like a swamp.

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@gatwiri_c

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1 year

I've time today, so let me volunteer.. Thread:

@cryptonait

Carlisle™ 🦄 🍉🇰🇪🏳️‍🌈#ItsAGenocide

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I need someone to explain to me like I'm my toddler, what carbon credits are, their function, benefit and overall mitigation of climate change. How does that work? Assume I'm 3yo

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@gatwiri_c

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2 years

It hits you. uncles are deep in addiction, the aunties are raising children alone parents' wrinkles are now visible siblings you helped raise now have human size children friends are now preparing for retirement Then you realize life is here And it isn't a rehearsal

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2 years

Man stayed there for 12 months, working livestock, digging those big holes for planting bananas...apparently its the best farmhand they've ever had...

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2 years

Saw a tweet here about how people are buying hundreds of acres of land from the Maasai community. Me thinks the biggest concern shouldn't be the land but the water underneath, and its present and future value. Short Thread 👇🏾

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2 years

Human centered Design...

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2 years

To understand this, we go back to the late 1800s It started with the introduction of Rinderpest in EA, a disease that killed 90% of the cattle Back then most of our communities depended on livestock for food, some farmed, but only to supplement the livestock products

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Sir-Rap-A-Lot

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How did ugali become an 'African Cuisine' especially Kenya and yet maize is not indigenous to Africa? Saying ugali is an African Cuisine seems to be a fallacy to me.

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1 year

Rice fields of Taveta. I had no idea Taveta grows so much rice, and couldn't believe the potential for expansion. This variety is called Kwamboka with yields of 45-55 bags per acre (unmilled). And yet we still import rice from Asia

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3 months

I'm sponsored by the joblessness all around me. The small monies I earn directly support at least 3 other people. The broken public health care, lack of emergency care, education on its deathbed. Food that's largely unsafe. These are systemic issues that only govt can fix

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1 year

I was a JAB student, my school fee was 22k per semester (a STEM course) plus a HELB loan of 13k per semester (this went to transport, food and expenses). If I was a student right now, I would have no choice but to drop out.

@salimishmael_

Salim M Ishmael, M.D 🇰🇪

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So JAB students in universities countrywide are paying over 90k per sem to study??? Na tumenyamaza tu?

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1 year

Remember when I tried to answer the question of why ugali became mainstream in the Kenyan diet? I wasn't specific enough, but I went back to history books and now I have a more specific answer.. Short thread👇🏾

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10 months

The farmers along the Loitokitok - Taveta belt are having a long season. Can't get tomatoes and egg plants to the market due to the bad state of the road. Tomatoes are a major cash crop of the area. Thread

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5 months

This took me 3 months to research and write, full time. If I'd get such time again I would write on what it feels to be at the bottom of global supply chains. When EU coughs (regulations) and everyone scatters to meet them. Plus how we contort ourselves + farming in the process

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2 years

They use crop waste collected from Ngong market to make compost. Sells at KShs 50 a kg. A plan for you all with kitchen gardens

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2 years

How wrong am I to stipulate that Kenyans don't take coffee because we export the best and remain with the worst quality? Tea, you can get by, even if its bad. You can mask it in milk etc but bad coffee is just bad coffee Colonizers did this and we haven't undone it yet

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1 month

3 privileges we don't recognize much: 1. Farming your parents' land (as opposed to buying or leasing) 2. Your neighbours being an agricultural community 3. Using parents/relatives' transportation options When someone says they got rich from farming, ask them about these 3

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6 months

I found out the world is running out of sand, construction sand, and I'm now thinking maybe doomsday isn't one off event, it's a thousand paper cuts.

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2 years

The day after the first night of rains, a hawker opened his bale of turtle necks and warm clothing to sell on the streets of Nairobi He had stored his wares for a while, he knew the onset of rains would catch many unaware He predicts consumer patterns better than an MBA

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3 months

Kenyans shouldn't expect international community to help. Learn from 🍉, international community doesn't care.

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2 years

BTW this famine is being called "waambariria" translating to "don't talk to me." Yes, the Meru people name famines and other significant events. It's how we keep them in our collective memories.

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9 months

You're all debating folic acid supplementation during pregnancy, wait until more supplements become mandatory (public health intervention) because your food is empty calories. And your food is empty because your soils are empty. Nutrient rich soils = nutrient rich food

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@gatwiri_c

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2 years

Pumpkin leaves have taste, texture and character unlike most of our beloved veggies

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3 months

Reminder: social jail works and we need to do more of it. When we don't have the power to make them face legal consequences, social consequences are the next best thing

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Ole Teya

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Farah Maalim was kicked out of Sarova

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2 years

Kiserian is a sleepy town, doesn't grow or have much, but it's the gate that leads to all the best road trips - Kajiado, Magadi, the Isinya-Namanga route. And connects back to Nairobi via Ngong and Rongai plus some other back routes. Literally at the center. The heartbeat.

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This is what @DoItBetty was suggesting we grow in Kajiado (and other dry parts of the country). Agave nectar is used to make: 1. Table Sugar 2. Fermented to make tequila It takes 210L of water to grow 1kg of sugarcane Agave is a desert crop, watering is 2-3 times a month

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2 years

That coffee tweet I did, the summary is: Yes, we export the best but you can get good coffee from independent roasters Here is a couple that were recommended:

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If there's anything I've learned: never dismiss anything in Kenya as baseless or a rumour...No matter how atrocious or hard to believe it is. In Kenya, truth is always stranger than fiction

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Senator Richard Onyonka

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The Kenya Airports Authority confirms that there is a deal between them and Adani Group. Prime CS Mudavadi called us liars on this issue when he appeared before the NA Budget Committee! I asked for the signed agreements! I am asking for the same this afternoon in the Senate!

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1 year

Two meals a day, cheap green bananas for starch, a lot more fresh milk (taken as a complete meal), cold showers, whatsapp audio calls + cheap monthly Internet bundles, no fridge or electronics besides personal devices, leaving Nairobi

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Rayhab 🇰🇪

1 year

What are your hacks for surviving these tough economic times we are in?

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1 year

Remember my threads on the history of ugali? Here is everything I put together, three months research, 2 weeks writing: the political, economic, social, cultural and technological nuances thro history that make maize and ugali Kenyan staples today

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Cultivation, Commodification and Culture: Maize and Ugali in Kenya - The Elephant

We all think of ugali as part and parcel of our food culture. But its origins in the urban diet are to be found in the colonial wage labour system.

www.theelephant.info

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2 years

I uprooted all my crops, they were keeping me in a toxic situation, which I finally left. Closed down everything. That's why there's no more farming stuff.. But I'm hoping and praying things work out for me again. Tending to plants makes me feel so alive!

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2 months

"Nifungulie" should be our new battle cry

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Use "elected representatives" instead of "leaders." Small change big difference #rejectfinancebill2024

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Lakini what is this country, some people waking up to yoga, while others in Githurai are not waking up because they were massacred through out the night. These are the excesses and inequalities we don't want. Kenya must work for everyone #REJECTFINANCEBILL2024

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3 months

The only people obsessed about 'what next' question are those whose establishment is being shaken

@citizentvkenya

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Kasmuel Mcoure: We have demons in this country that bedevil the country such as tribalism where you would have a governor who spends more time in the media than governing his county. I would like to call out the Governor of Nyeri who has the audacity to say that he wants 7 CS

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2 years

3 boreholes sunk to support 100 acres of avocados in an area where animals are dying of drought. Groundwater for irrigation, whose recharge rate is almost negligible See why I'm saying we're not exporting avocados but scarce, precious water, from almost a non renewable source?

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This Kenyan has planted 100 acres of avocado in the middle of nowhere in Loitoktok (Kajiado South). A block of 10 acres of virgin land here is going for 400k. Endeleeni kununua plot za black soil karibu na tarmac at millions na kusikiza propaganda.Tembea Kenya.

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I will forever defend Njahi because it's my literal trick to functioning the next day after nursing all night. Njahi for lunch then Njugu in the evening (blended into a paste to make a spread). Njahi - quantity of milk Njugu - fatty milk Even for cows, it's a top tier fodder

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If we weren't lying to ourselves how we will make it, how we are the exceptional individuals who will beat the system and the bad economic environment, against all odds to the top, perhaps we would collaborate more. Community is the only way we survive this.

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1 year

Very true. I live close to the border and the Tz stuff are much cheaper. Tz Detergent 500g goes for KShs 70 and KE one for about 200. Guess which stuff shops prefer to stock..

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Dr. Ho Yinsen

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Washing detergent from Tanzania is already cheaper than Kenyan made ones. Let them continue playing.

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2 years

I think we create restaurants targeting a particular class of people.. From the food to the menu to the design/aesthetics, there are literal walls to keep people in or out. I think "eating out" is one of those most classed things we do but never think about.

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I love how you can tell a person from how they write, word choices, how they structure their writing, even how they chat on text, which visuals used, if any, words are such underrated windows to a person's mind and soul. My worst nightmare is people who are terrible texters, or

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1. Quit my job 2. Lost everything and got depressed for a year 3. Building back brick by brick

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Investors being extortioned by government officials, let this embolden you to bring your case to the public court, believe me it's the only forum that works in Kenya

@FrankHook

Frank Hook

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"Tatu City finds itself too busy to respond to the ravings of a governor." Whoa! We're never going back to default settings.

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2 years

I've said this before but yea we should be concerned about the quality of rice in the market (kiosks and open air markets mostly). Something isn't adding up. Three times now, different locations isn't a coincidence

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Let me sneak back in. All I will say is postpartum ni ngumu.

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2 years

It feels like most government institutions are frozen in time. I can't tell which year they are at exactly, but there's a year when things just stopped working, and they haven't started again. You can tell by the age of the machines/equipment there, the age of the staff too

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I spend a lot of time in repositories of our universities reading dissertations and thesis, and a lot of them are crap.

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During that night, people were reporting it as indiscriminate, and wamama wa soko being caught up as they were closing their shops in the evening. So if you put 2 and 2 together....

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Please let's not platform people whose bitterness with this regime is only because they are not at the eating table. Once their turn to eat comes they will quickly change tune. We've been through this dozen times, can we learn?

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In high school Agriculture (Form 3/4),there was a topic on Mechanics, our teacher, Mr Gitonga brought his own tractors so that we learned how the engines work. His son was once featured in the media as one of the biggest banana producers. Proper farmer and teacher. Respect.

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So, last few months University students in KE have been sharing how they are missing meals because they can't afford them using this hashtag -> #kuinama Here are some of their stories shared on social media 👇🏾 Thread #CostofLivingKe #kuinama

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1 year

Baobab trees are spiritual for some communities, part of diet during lean seasons and have you seen how majestic and beautiful they stand? Exporting baobab is not like selling a piece of wood, it's our genetic resources, our birthright, and failing to get it's full worth is 1/2

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This case is the reason I believe we must focus on institutions rather than personalities Anyone can be corrupted. Some are only against corruption because they aren't benefiting So on top of electing the best, we must have strong institutions, to keep the elected in line

@jamessmat

James Smart

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Johnstone Muthama and Bitange Ndemo were the masterminds of ksh. 550 MILLION Konza HEIST. They evaded prosecution nevertheless.

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today I learnt that how we make ugali (starches) - big portion, served with a smaller portion of eggs/meat etc is called a Starch and Relish framework. The starch's purpose is fullness (satiety), then the relish is for just that. And yes, this has colonial-era roots

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How it attracts all walks of life. The suit guy with the labourer in overalls and the young couple on a romantic date, and the family meet up over yoghurt. The labourer always has ugali with their milk, the young couple a slice of cake. It's always so beautiful to see...

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Just shows you if we were manufacturing our own vehicles, the design would be different - large cargo spaces, and converting between family use, farm use, market, school, carrying extended family members on one day, firewood next, na kadhalika

@The_carplanet

Carplanet

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Welcome to Kenya where the manufacturers intentions mean nothing.

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2 years

I just found a site with lots of research and policy studies on agriculture in Kenya and my heart is at home. #smallwins #morningexcitement

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1 year

Western Kenya is one of the best places to experience authentic traditional food. Swahili food is great too, but its influenced by the many cultures who visited Coastal Kenya over centuries.But luhya food specifically, there's something about it that I'm trying to understand

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OK, reminded me of this story Wangari shared on FB. You join a national school as a rural kid and your parents think it's the jackpot! Kumbe the shrubbing, and the accent will make you get bullied to depression and lack of self esteem 👇🏾

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When we ask for jobs from the government, it is never literal jobs It's an enabling environment for entrepreneurs such as these to create the jobs then employ us Enabling environment =lower taxes, favourable import/expo policy, fewer barriers, cheaper factors of production

@citizentvkenya

Citizen TV Kenya

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Made in Kenya: Anthony Muthungu founded TotoSci in 2020. TotoSci manufactures USB cables. Company has since doubled production to 2000 USB cables per day #CitizenMondayReport @TrevorOmbija

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In my quest to avoid foods with high pesticide residues, I use: 1. Amaranth/terere and pumpkin leaves as veggies (avoiding managu etc they've been commercialized too 2. Banana and pumpkin for baby food (avoiding potatoes) 3. Spring onion and grated carrots in place of tomatoes

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9 months

Growing up, every 31st December I would sit to watch Dunia Mwaka Huu on KBC tv. I didn't understand half of it, but it felt important, to just sit and be a participant in world affairs. I've always liked that.

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9 months

I read this paper last year and it was mindblowing..how the researcher captures nuances of class, age, gender in the creation of group ranches in Kajiado... the holy grail of how local research should be contextualized. Looked her up for mentorship only to find an obituary 💔💔

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2 years

How too write a Nigerian novel: school applications to the UK /US, generators, blackout, kola nut, palm wine, yam, Biafra, second wife, Victoria Island, lecturers on strike, Nsukka uni, the North, Kaduna, okada, Lekki, Abacha, crayfish, okra, egusi, pepper soup, Enugu, Edo

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9 months

Which is really sad because it's a missed opportunity to brand and market Kajiado or Chalbi goat meat, which I'm told have unique flavour profiles to be branded?

@miss__lucas254

Marlene Lucas

@miss__lucas254

9 months

All these wagyu beef (locally sourced) in restaurants in Nairobi are imitations. Wagyu only comes from Japan.

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2 years

My last 1.5 years have been a roller-coaster from leaving my job to trying my hand at multiple projects with varying levels of success... And all this time kumbe the lesson I needed to learn was "I am enough. " Whatever I felt I needed to be, I already am.

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we, the people

11 months

This tweet sounds very progressive, but it lacks one thing - a cultural understanding of the Meru society. Ask any female leader in the community - even a simple school headteacher what they have to deal with. I know of one who can't eat staffroom lunches for fear of being

@AfroEconomicus

Africanus

@AfroEconomicus

11 months

Embu has a female governor. Nakuru has a female governor. Kwale has a female governor. Kirinyaga has a female governor. Homabay has a female governor. Kawira Mwangaza isn't the first governor to be impeached ×2 Narrative of gender motivated Political persecution is baseless.

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1 year

Lol, this isn't about the size of the fish, but it's position in the food chain. Toxins find their way in the water body, they're consumed by smaller organisms, which are consumed by larger organisms and so on. I understand the need to warn consumers about food safety, but the

@NationAfrica

Nation Africa

1 year

Fertility experts warn against consumption of large fish

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11 months

I hope environmentalists were consulted for the tree planting exercise, because there's a formula to it - the species of trees, where to plant, season timing, the ecology, and the post-planting care. Unless it's agroforestry, it's not just putting seedlings in a hole & moving on

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5 months

Nairobi in a few years On account of every apartment building having its own borehole Means we're privatizing groundwater. I truly believe boreholes should be communally owned to prevent each apartment drilling for its own. Water is then piped to each building block @WRA_KEN

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2 months

The conversation on minerals isn't complete without the gemstones mined in Taita Taveta - including tsavorite, unique to this part of the Mozambique belt, & nowhere else in the world. We get cents compared to the thousands of $$ fetched when they're processed and sold abroad

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2 years

Nairobi sociocultural life revolves around communities. Hiking, running, gym, biking & cycling, investment/chama , church, even same car model groups. Digitally, they are on WhatsApp and Facebook Quick experiment - how many social groups do you belong to on WhatsApp?

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5 months

Watching abroad recipes you notice their cinnamon is round elongated... Mine here is broken pieces.. Courtesy of sorting and grading. Looks like top quality stuff is all exported. Global supply chains for you

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4 months

You can prepare your grains beautifully like this for milling to get porridge flour, wash, dry properly only to mill them at a facility that just milled aflatoxin maize for animal feed. Food safety is a systemic issue,, no amount of individual effort can protect you

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1 year

Lots of people want "to live on the farm" without realising how long and tedious food preparation can be. If you are getting everything off the farm, with no hired labour, food preparation (harvesting, cleaning, processing e.g peeling, soaking, cooking) is half a day at least

@sircalic

#RutoMustGo

1 year

🔥🔥 githeri loading

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11 months

Go back to the village they said. They didn't say about the 24-48 hour blackouts. Village towns are "insignificant" in Kenya Power priority list. Solar is usually helpful but not with these 24 hour non stop rains. Remote working in the pits 😕

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2 years

So millers will process the imported GMO maize separately from non GMO and package/label it? Then just put it on supermarket shelves? In this market? The millers who operate like cartels?

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1 year

Crisis of faith. That period when you don't know what you are doing with your life anymore. It feels stuck, can't move forward or back, you had things figured out but it doesn't feel like that anymore.

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5 months

I love how this info has been communicated here. Large waves 2m high, then visualize using human height of 1.7/1.6m.. And using matatu speed to show how strong the winds can be This is how you communicate technical information to the public.

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